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Judah and Tamar (Judah's daughter-in-law)
How Judah and Tamar (Judah's daughter-in-law) are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Tamar (Judah's daughter-in-law) confronted Judah.
Judah held back his son Shelah from his widowed daughter-in-law Tamar. Condemned for being with child, she sent him his own signet and staff, and Judah said, "She hath been more righteous than I".
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law
Genesis 38:11, King James Version
She hath been more righteous than I
Genesis 38:26, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 38:24-26
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 38:11
11Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
Genesis 38:24-26
24And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
26And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
King James Version